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title: "Scholastic Executive Maureen O'Connell Has Sold $19.9M in SCHL Stock Over 215 Transactions"
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published_at: 2026-03-02T01:26:53.591Z
updated_at: 2026-03-02T01:27:04.548Z
author: Alex Rivera
author_title: Breaking News Editor
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source: 13F Insight
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# Scholastic Executive Maureen O'Connell Has Sold $19.9M in SCHL Stock Over 215 Transactions

> Maureen O'Connell, a longtime Scholastic executive, has sold $19.9M in SCHL stock across 215 Form 4 filings while retaining 138,914 shares.

Maureen O'Connell, a longtime executive at Scholastic (SCHL), has sold $19.9 million in company stock across 215 Form 4 filings. The Numbers MetricValue Career Sell Value$19.9M Career Buy Value$95K Total Transactions215 Last Transaction2026-02-02 Shares Remaining138,914 Recent Activity DateTypeSharesPriceEst. Value 2020-09-08Buy13,470$3.7747$51K 2020-09-04Buy11,530$3.7841$44K 2020-07-22Exercise4,557$0.0000$0 2020-07-22Exercise4,557N/A$0 2020-03-21Exercise23,136$0.0000$0 O'Connell's selling has spanned years of Scholastic's evolution from print-dominant publisher to digital media company. Her 209:1 sell-to-buy ratio ($19.9M sold vs $95K purchased) indicates consistent monetization of equity compensation. What It Means O'Connell served as Scholastic's CFO and has been a fixture on the company's SEC filings for over a decade. Her 215-transaction history reflects steady compensation-driven selling rather than large block disposals. She retains 138,914 shares, worth approximately $4.2M at current prices. Scholastic faces ongoing challenges as book publishing consolidates and school budgets tighten. The stock has traded in a narrow range, making O'Connell's sustained selling unremarkable on a per-trade basis but notable in aggregate. For SCHL investors, the $19.9M career total without any meaningful buying signals limited conviction from the C-suite. What to Watch Scholastic's next earnings and book publishing outlook Whether O'Connell accelerates selling at current prices Board and executive changes at the company Institutional positioning in upcoming 13F filings

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Source: 13F Insight — https://13finsight.com/news/scholastic-oconnell-20-million-career-insider-sales-publishing-2026
Author: Alex Rivera — https://13finsight.com/authors/alex-rivera
Last updated: 2026-03-02T01:27:04.548Z